Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 7/28

MEET STATS: 148 - 578 / $893.80 (-$262.20)

BEST BETS: 37 - 59 / $129.10 (+$11.10)

SPOT PLAYS: 7 - 58 / $65.70 (-$50.30)

BEST BET-KAYLEIGH S (8th)

SPOT PLAY-E R HILARY (4th)

Race 1 - New York Excelsior "A" Series 2YO Fillies Trot

(3) USOSWEET BLUE CHIP broke over at Batavia, but her connections thought enough of her to put her in the top Sire Stakes level and she went off at 6-1. Those are both positives to me, and I'll give her a chance. (4) LAURENS HOOPLA midned her manners at Batavia and picked up a win and was Tyler Buter's choice in here. (6) CROSS CREEK SAMARA was two-for-two in the Excelsior "A" Series before she miscued at Batavia. I think she could definitely bounce back tonight.

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Race 2 - New York Excelsior "A" Series 2YO Fillies Trot

(2) SEVEN TIMES CRAZY is coming off a break in a qualifier at Harrah's Philadelphia, but I think it shows some faith in her that they put her into race rather than qualifying again, and she picks up Jason Bartlett. (1) CRAZY LOVIN has a win and two seconds thus far and starts from the pole position. (5) JIGGER OF GIN is the other obvious one in this race as she broke her maiden at Batavia and had two seconds before that.

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Race 3 -NW2/25000LT / Maidens Drawn Inside Trot

(3) LIVINGONTHERAIL gets to face maidens and NW2's here rather than NW4's and NW2's like he did a week ago. He also gets post relief and driver switch to George Brennan. (8) ROSALINE comes in from The Meadows off a romping win in the PA Stallion Series and is now in the red-hot Noel Daley barn. (1) BANGIN IN THE HALL made up a bunch of ground in the back-half of his mile at Harrah's Philadelphia last Wednesday, and I think he could be sharper here since that was his first start of 2022.

Race 4 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(2) E R HILARY hasn't won yet in 2022 but she did race well to finish third the last time she drew an inside post on June 16. (5) KATHY'S MOMENT was third in a fast mile at the Meadowlands in her most recent appearance and trainer Scott Di Domenico's charges have been pretty live as of late. (4) CHECKERED PAST takes a third crack at bottom level foes this week and gets another chance with Bartlett driving.

Race 5 - NW4/50000LT Trot

(1) JESSIES OUTLAWED has tallied at Yonkers before and comes back to Westchester tonight after racing at Harrah's Philadelphia lately. He moves in on the gate after starting from post seven down there most recently and catches a fairly wide-open group. (4) BIG CHARLIE MORAN is probably the one to beat given his facile victory over NW4's a couple weeks ago. He has a new driver tonight with Jordan Stratton getting the call. (6) WEE JILL won handily over NW3's at Harrah's Philadelphia on 7-7 but then burned some money when she could only manage a third-place finish at the same level in a subsequent effort. I'll include underneath.

Race 6 - New York Excelsior "A" Series 2YO Fillies Trot

(5) MELODRAMA comes in with a second and a third in the Excelsior "A" Series thus far. This will be her second try with trotting hobbles on, and I also like that she gets reunited with Stratton. (4) RHEA TITAN was victorious at Batavia in a pretty quick time for that oval and hasn't missed the board in her three attempts in 2022. (3) PATS WAY ships in with three consecutive second-place results in the Excelsior "A" Series, and I'll toss her in the mix.

Race 7 - New York Sire Stakes 2YO Fillies Trot

(4) DESTINY'S DARLING closed well in the lane and got up to win in her last baby race at the Meadowlands and is a sister to another good NYSS horse in Molotov Cocktail. (7) RUTH HONIG starts from the outside post but has a pari-mutuel win down at Harrah's Philadelphia and hails from the powerful Lucas Wallin barn. (1) WOOLCO overcame an early miscue to finish in third in a sire stakes leg at Batavia, and I will put her on the ticket.

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Race 8 - New York Sire Stakes 2YO Fillies Trot

(8) KAYLEIGH S won at Saratoga and Batavia, and although she starts from the outside, I'll put the full sister to MGM Yonkers Trot champ Joviality S on top. Hopefully she'll offer a little value. (3) METRO MATTY tallied in the sire stakes leg at Buffalo and then was second to Kayleigh S at Batavia. She has a major post advantage on that foe tonight. (2) MARI scored from first-over at Batavia and is now in the high-percentage Nik Drennan barn.

Race 9 - F&M NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW5000L5/15000CLM Pace

(8) ALTA MADEIRA N was facing NW30000L5's when last seen at Yonkers in early June, so she returns in a very soft spot compared to that, and she's won from post eight over this oval before. (2) NORMAN'S MADELINE finally has an inside post and class relief to go with it. (1) LINE EM UP downed bottom level foes in her first start for Jenn Bongiorno last Thursday and although she moves up a notch, she slides in from post seven to the pole position.